Daily Buzz: November 27, 2013

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For the second time this season, the Boston Bruins are featured on NBCSN’s “Wednesday Night Rivalry”. Tonight, the Black and Gold face their Original Six foes in the Detroit Red Wings for a Thanksgiving Eve showdown at the Joe Louis Arena. This will be the third meeting between the two teams – and the first matchup in Detroit this year – with each squad notching a victory during the first month of the season in Boston.

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Unlike the last meeting where the Red Wings came out on top in a 3-2 triumph, head coach Mike Babcock won’t have a full compliment of players tonight. Pavel Datsyuk, the team’s second leading scorer with 23 points on the year, is still recovering from a concussion he sustained from Senators defenseman Jared Cowen Saturday night in Ottawa, while Todd Bertuzzi will miss his third straight contest with an upper body injury and goaltender Jimmy Howard is also out.

Jonas Gustavsson, who made 28 saves in the last meeting on Columbus Day, will fill in for Howard and get his second straight start against the Black and Gold. “The Monster” is doing quite well since coming over from Toronto in the off-season, going 5-0-1 with a 2.35 goals against average and .926 save percentage. With a shorthanded roster, Gustavsson will need to pull off a similar performance if Detroit wants to come away with the victory.

Detroit comes in tied for third in the Atlantic Division standings with 29 points, but are just 2-3-5 in their last 10. But with guys like Henrik Zetterberg (the team’s leading scorer with 28 points), Daniel Alfredsson (16 points) and Niklas Kronwall (15 points), the Bruins will have their work cut out for them.

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In another example of leading by example (try saying that word three times fast), Bruins captain Zdeno Chara has established quite the blueprint inside the team’s locker room. (Kevin Paul Dupont/Boston Globe)

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